Twenty-Five Percent of All Resumes Received by a Corporation for a Management

question 9

Essay

Twenty-five percent of all resumes received by a corporation for a management position are from females.Fifteen resumes will be received tomorrow.
a.Define the random variable in words for this experiment.
b.What is the probability that exactly 5 of the resumes will be from females?
c.What is the probability that fewer than 3 of the resumes will be from females?
d.What is the expected number of resumes from women?
e.What is the variance of the number of resumes from women?
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